orientalism
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Noun — The tendency to represent eastern subjects, to assume stylistical characteristics original of the East, especially in 19th century Europe.
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Etymology
From French orientalisme, from oriental (“eastern, Oriental”). In the sense “patronizing Western attitude” popularized by Edward Said's 1978 book Orientalism. Equivalent to Oriental + -ism.
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